mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Social media should be centered around people, not platforms. Let's build bridges, not walls. That's why we're building Bridgy Fed and Bounce.
Learn more: https://anew.social
This is such a crucial milestone for the open social web.
Around here, we build Bridgy, not walls. And with this coalition of incredible organizations and individuals, we're going to break a whole lot more walls down together 🤝🏼💪🏼
We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users!
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
More details here: https://blog.anew.social/launch-interact-with-unbridged-replies-mentions/
Today, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates!
We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people.
Let's dive in...
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Bridgy Fed Service Update:
Between 4/5 10am PT -> 4/6 2 pm PT, Bridgy Fed had an operational issue that unfortunately dropped ~10% of actions it was supposed to bridge from the Fediverse to the Atmosphere.
The issue has now been fixed and new posts should bridge as expected. We're currently backfilling deletes and disable requests as a high priority.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and please let us know if you encounter issues with new posts.
Thank you!
⚠️ Bridgy Fed Planned System Maintenance
This Wednesday (4/22) we have planned system maintenance between 2pm-5pm PT.
During that time, bridging may be paused, but will shortly be turned back on and backfilled for missed posts.
Thank you, and apologies for any inconvenience.
A new challenger appears 💥
You can now log into the Bridgy Fed settings page with your website using IndieAuth!
Bridging your website to the Atmosphere and the Fediverse just got a whole lot easier.
RE: @anewsocial@mastodon.social
As of 21:55 UTC, the maintenance is complete and bridging should be back ✅
Catching up on missed posts now ⏩
We're actively monitoring Bridgy Fed, but things are looking good so far!
RE: @anewsocial@mastodon.social
Okay, we're officially back on for the system maintenance tomorrow (4/22).
A reminder that bridging may be paused from 2pm-5pm PT, but will shortly be turned back on and backfilled for missed posts.
Thanks for your patience, everyone!
RE: @fediversereport@mastodon.social
We're so excited to have signed a declaration of cooperation with the amazing folks at @swf, @newsmast@backend.newsmast.org, @eurosky.social, and Save Social to bring the open social web together.
It's time to Build Bridgy, Not Walls 🌐
RE: @fediversereport@mastodon.social
"The protocol world has been trying to solve the problem of how to leave, and the next step is working on how we can stay together."
We couldn't agree more
We're so excited for AltStore's launch into the open social web!
Starting today, every app listed on the AltStore will send updates to the Fediverse and bridge those updates to the Atmosphere via Bridgy Fed 🌐🚀
And there's even more goodies in this release 👀
Congrats to the AltStore team!
RE: @anewsocial@mastodon.social
Quick update: we're pushing back the system maintenance and will have a new date/time shortly
We build Bridgy, not walls 🌉
See y'all at #ATmosphereConf!
RE: @fediforum@mastodon.social
So honored that Bounce is on this list of amazing projects 🫶
And congrats to @newsmast@backend.newsmast.org, sill.social, and @blackskyweb.xyz for winning awards today!! So very well deserved!
We're launching a community server on Discord! It's a space for folks who contribute, build on, or use Bridgy Fed and Bounce, and a place for folks to support each other through any issues they may run into.
That said, we know Discord isn't everyone's ideal choice - it's not ours either...
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RE: @anewsocial@mastodon.social
Happy to see all the love for this feature! We had a feeling y'all would like it 😊
A reminder that if you don't want these DMs, or at least want to turn them off for a bit, you can do so in the Bridgy Fed settings page: https://fed.brid.gy/settings
Starting today, bridged Mastodon and Pixelfed users can now use all of Bridgy Fed's blocking features, including subscribing to ATProto block lists, right from our settings page!
Check it out here: https://fed.brid.gy/settings
Team Bridgy Fed still going strong 💪🏼
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hdhoaan3xa3jiuq4fg4mefid/post/3mfmlvgup7s2e
RE: @pfefferle@mastodon.social
Our very own @snarfed.org sat down with @pfefferle@mastodon.social to chat about the open social web, interoperability, and building bridges 👏🏼
Did you know that if you're on Bridgy Fed and bridging to the Atmosphere to apps like Bluesky, Blacksky, etc., you can get rid of that pesky long ap.brid.gy domain and set a custom handle?
Head to your Bridgy Fed settings page, click on "Set Bluesky handle" for instructions, and make yourself look a whole lot more native in the Atmosphere: https://fed.brid.gy/settings
RE: @anewsocial@mastodon.social
⚠️ We're about to kick-off our system maintenance.
Expect intermittent pausing of bridging between 21:00 to 00:00 UTC. We'll backfill any missed posts after the maintenance is complete.
You can find both listings on FediForum Connect today
